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Hindenburg

noun
1.
German field marshal and statesman; as president of the Weimar Republic he reluctantly appointed Hitler as chancellor in 1933 (1847-1934).  Synonyms: Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg.





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"Hindenburg" Quotes from Famous Books



... from prisoners that the Germans lately have been celebrating victories. Berlin and other cities are said to be gay with flags, and Gen. von Hindenburg has been acclaimed as a national hero. I can only keep my eyes on the small portion of the long front limited by Socahczew on the north and Msczonow on the south, but in regard to this region I can offer ...
— Current History, A Monthly Magazine - The European War, March 1915 • New York Times
... Cambrai sector was included among the latter, for not only was the ground very open, forbidding to us the unseen concentration of the large forces and masses of heavy artillery which at that period were deemed essential, but also the Hindenburg Line was immensely strong and the trenches so wide that the tanks in use by us ...
— A Short History of the 6th Division - Aug. 1914-March 1919 • Thomas Owen Marden


Words linked to "Hindenburg" :   Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, field marshal, general, statesman, full general, solon, national leader


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